Directions For Collecting, Preserving and Transporting Specimens of Natural History. Prepared for the Use of the Smithsonian Institution, 1859 Third Edition

Softcover. Fair+ Text is clean & unmarked; tanned; edges tattered. Leaves have extended bottom; several pages are half-inch shorter than standard. Soiling of cover especially along edges; government stamp at top of front cover; the number "149" written near top corner. Some spotting/foxing throughout. Binding loose at top & bottom of spine. Creasing to top corner in back. 40 pp.